Parco Colletta, Urban park in Turin, Italy

Parco Colletta is a public park in Turin, located where the Po and Dora Riparia rivers meet. It has paths for walking and cycling, along with volleyball courts, five-a-side football fields, and a cycling track that loops around the grounds.

In the 17th century the Savoys planned a large hunting park between the Dora Riparia and Stura di Lanzo confluences with the Po, called Regio Parco, ruined by the 1706 siege of Turin. In the 18th century a tobacco factory, the Manifattura Tabacchi, was built in the area and operated until 1996. The present park was created in the late 1980s on abandoned land; the cascina Airale, already cited in 16th-century documents and active until 1982, stands inside it.

The park takes its name from the Lungodora that crosses it, named after Pietro Colletta, the general, politician and historian whose best-known work, the Storia del reame di Napoli dal 1734 al 1825, was published posthumously in 1834. The park lies on the route of the Via Francigena between Turin and San Mauro Torinese, marked by signs along the cycle and foot path.

The park is easy to reach on foot or by bike and has different areas suited to different activities, from sport to relaxed walking. Visiting on a weekday morning tends to be quieter and gives you more room to move around.

The park takes its name from the Lungodora that crosses it, dedicated to Pietro Colletta, the general and historian whose best-known work, the Storia del reame di Napoli dal 1734 al 1825, was published after his death in 1834. The cycle and footbridge over the Dora Riparia, near the Lungodora Voghera and Corso Cadore junction, dates from 1986 and links the park to Vanchiglietta.